File:Roman snake finger-ring (snake-head terminal at x2 scale) (FindID 117752).jpg
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[edit]Roman snake finger-ring (snake-head terminal at x2 scale) | |||
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Finder, Robert Webley, 2006-01-05 16:56:47 |
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Title |
Roman snake finger-ring (snake-head terminal at x2 scale) |
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Description |
English: Paul and Charmian Woodfield (see notes, below) write: 'Base metal finger-ring open on one side, and having enlarged snake head terminals. The interior has traces of silvering, suggesting that it was originally silvered all over. This is a well known Roman mass produced style of jewellery, which can occur in a variety of metals, including in gold (Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire - bracelet), silver, and bronze. The nearest similar findspot for a snake-headed artefact is at Castlethorpe (Buckinghamshire - pair of silver bracelets of c. 1st century; 1/2 mile distant) where other jewellery of the period was also found' (cf. Johns 1997, 37). Robert Webley continues: the manufacturing process would have involved casting followed by hammering, with the decoration then stamped on. The large gap between the terminals is suggestive of damage suffered by the artefact.
A key author on serpentiform jewellery is Catherine Johns (see Johns 1996; 1997). According to her typology, this example can be classified as a Type Bii finger-ring. This type has two animal-head terminals, and is characterised by the flatness of hoop and terminals: to Johns (1997, 36) it is more suggestive of a snake-skin than a live snake. Representationally, the terminals are so stylised they are hardly recognisable as serpents. For Johns (1997, 36) this type is therefore a provincial variant. The style is well represented in Britain (comprising 32 of 36 of Norfolk's Snettisham hoard snake-rings), though it is more common in bracelets. Finger-rings of this style are most commonly found in bronze (Johns 1997, 37), though for serpentiform jewellery taken as a whole, in Roman Britain finger-rings are more common in precious metals (Swift 2003, 30). The precise form of the head is difficult to discern from the image provided. Classification as a Johns (1997, 38-39) Type II or VI snake-head is perhaps academic; it is improbable that this finger-ring had any relationship with Snettisham. From the image, the heads (c. 14mm x 6mm) each have a beaded nose and nasal ridge flanked on either side by ridges representing the brows. The main part of the skull, beyond, has a clear median groove dividing it in two. The area surrounding the head is decorated by fine beads, one of which represents an eye. This finger-ring probably dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD. Another penannular snake-ring, probably of Johns Type Bii, found in this county has been recorded on this database, PAS ref. <a href = "pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=00143BBDE8F012DA" target = "_blank" </a> NARC-BDDE70</a>, lying only c. 3km away. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Northamptonshire | ||
Date | between 50 and 200 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 117752 Old ref: NARC-C02BF4 Filename: NARC-C02BF4fingerring.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/88232 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/88232 Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/117752 |
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Object location | 52° 04′ 45.12″ N, 0° 54′ 17.23″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.079200; -0.904786 |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 16:23, 5 January 2006 |
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